Ladislav Quis (7 February 1846 in

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– 1 September 1913 in

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) was a Czech writer, poet, lawyer, journalist, translator and critic; associated with the literary group, Ruchovci.

Biography

He was born to the

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, Ignác Quis, and his wife Veronika, née Matieková. His education began at a grammar school in Prague, then continued at the gymnasium in

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, during the time its Director was the well known Czech patriot, . At this time, he was already engaged in literary activities; creating a literary association (''Slavoj''), and a magazine (''Lužnice''). In 1865, he published his first poems and short stories in ''Tábor'' (a local magazine that was published until 1941). After graduating, he returned to Prague to study law, and received his doctorate in 1874. In 1872, he began work as an editor at the magazine, ''Slovan'', replacing

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, who went into hiding, under suspicion of being a police informant. There, he mainly wrote literary articles and

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s. After a relatively short time, he left to join the newspaper, ''Národních listů''. He was eventually forced to give up journalism, due to an eye disease. After 1881, he worked as a lawyer in Čáslav then, in 1884, moved to

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, where he settled and started a practice. He established a good reputation there, and was involved in many civic projects, including a library (1902) and a new

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, with an impressive tower (1905). In 1901, he was elected an "extraordinary member" of the (Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts).Alena Šlechtová, Josef Levora; ''Členové České akademie věd a umění 1890–1952'', Academia, Prague, 2004 Over the course of his career, he contributed to numerous magazines, including ', ''

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'', '', and ''. He also provided articles for several almanacs.Bohumil Vavroušek, Arne Novák; ''Literární atlas československý'', Vol.2, Prometheus, Prague, 1938

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"Za Ladislavem Quisem" (obituary)
from ''

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